Saturday, August 15, 2009

Save the Date Postcards

Ok so I started this project about 2 weeks ago. I used photoshop to design postcards to send out as save the dates. I got this idea from bloggers on www.weddingbee.com I thought it was a great idea since I didnt have to worry about envelopes.

So first I went to www.nextdayflyers.com and downloaded their template for a 4x6 postcard in photoshop format.

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For the front page I created a layer for the background in orange, then a layer for the picture, and a layer for the text. Dom took the picture after his proposal, I loved how the picture came out so I had to use it.

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For the back, I made a text layer with the words "save the date" many times and rotated it so that it would serve as the divide between the message and the address.
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I added a text layer for each part of the left side message, so that I could change the layout of the paragraphs to my liking. I switched font colors as well so that it would break up the text visually.
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Then on the right side I put the "to" and "from" on separate layers and added my address. Postage will go on this side as well.
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For printing purposes you might want to make sure the printers not put the uv gloss on the back so that you can write on the postcard. I got the uv coating since I plan to use labels for the addresses, I dont want to write out 80 invites, especially with my sloppy writing. Overall I like the save the dates because they are personal without having our faces plastered on there for everyone to see since im planning on mailing them as it, with no envelopes.


What do you think?